Rhonda Kite: Telling great Māori stories…

Producer Rhonda Kite, who runs Kiwa Media Group, has worked on television, film, and interactive book projects. Her first production was award-winning 1998 documentary Otara: Defying the Odds. She also produced the controversial Chinks, Coconuts and Curry-munchersand, on the big screen, Squeegee Bandit. Kite produced anthology series Matakuand long-running arts show Kete Aronui. Kiwa Media Group has also pioneered a process of dubbing films into other languages.

In this ScreenTalk, Kite talks about:

Learning how to produce on her first documentary Otara: Defying the Odds

Wanting to tell her own 'truth' in the documentary

The trials and triumphs of a Māori woman in business in Hell for Leather

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